Knockdown electric sign.



C. H. LUSH.

KNOCKDOWN ELECTRIC SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED 0cT.21. I9I5v.

Patented Nov. 21, 19.16.

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l v ATTORNEYS lll/[IIIA I CHARLES H. LUSH, OF FREEPORT, NEW YEK.

KNOCKDOWN ELECTRIC SIGN.'

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f Specilcation of Letters Patent.

Application tiled October 21, 1915. Serial No. 57,043.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES H. Lusina citizen of the United States, and a resident of Freeport, inthe county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved lnoclrdown Electric Sign, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to illuminated signs of that type mounted on a horizontal supporting bar and having both sides visible.

rlhe invention has for its general objects to provide an all-metal double-faced redector sign which is of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction, of durable and substantial design and capable of being readily taken apart or knocked down for convenience in storing or shipping, and in which the panel is easily removed or'interchanged. v

With such objects in view and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction Iand arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

ln the `accompanying drawing which illustrates one embodiment of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view o'f the sign;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the upper portion thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the heads of the'hood; Fig. 4 is-a perspective view showing one end of the reector; Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the panel-holding frame; and Fig.'

6 is a detail sectional view on the line 6-6, Fig. 2.

Referringv tothe drawing, 1 designates a horizontal support in the form of a rod or section of pipe which has one end fastened in a fixed socket 2i secured to a wall or other supporting surface 3, and on the' outer end of the rod 1 is a cap-piece 4 from which extend diverging-bracing chains or equivalent elements 5.

'lhe sign embodies a' panel 6 which may be of sheet metal,- glass or other material, and the'ed e of this anel is set into a U-'shaJ frame that receives theV edges of the panel, there being rubber or equivalent packing material 9 in the channel so as to tightlyhold' the sign panel 6. The upper extremities ofthe 'made o a strip having achannel v8 side members 10 of the frame 7 pass through a hood 11 and these said upper ends have secured thereto by cotter pins or other removable fastenings 12, 'lV-couplings 13, the upper members 1t of* the couplings being slldably fitted on the supporting rod 1, whereby the sign is free to swing with the wind. ByV taking out the Cotter pins the sign consisting of the panel 6, frame 10 and hood 11 is removable asa unit.

The hood 11 consists of an approximately semi-cylindrical sheet metal body 15 removably fitted to heads 16 which have peripheral flanges 17 that embrace over the ends of the hood body 15, and fastening rods 18 pass through beads 19 formed at the horizontal edges of the hood body 15` and also 'pass through ears or apertured lugs 20 on -tion which forms al` groove or pocket for ,re-

ceiving the upper edge of the sign panel 6,

so that the reector 21 is supported on and f grips the sign panel. 0n the inner face of the head 16 apair of ribs 24 diverge upwardly with the Vbottom edge, and the ends of the members 22 engage under these ribs so that the reector and hood are readily centralized with respect to each other, so as.

to facilitate the insertion ofthe extremities of the members 10 of the frame 7 which holds the sign panel 6. The upper portions of the members 10 pass through notches 25 and 26 in the flanges 17 ofthe hood and reentrant part 23 of the redactor, respectively, as shown in Figs. l3 and t. Lamps27 are arranged under the hood and at opposite sides of the plane of the panel, these lampsbeing preferabl carried bythe reecting portions 2 2 of t e redactor.i Constructed in easily and quickly put together and no fastenings are required to secure the parts to j each other, except the cotter pins 12. j

From the foreoingdescription taken in connection with t e accompanying drawing, the Yadvantages i of the construction and method of operation will be readily under- "stood by those skilled in the art towhich the .this manner the parts of the sign can be 'invention appertains, and while I have del merely illustrative and that such changes may be .made when desired as fall within lthe scopeof the appended claims.

Having thusdescribed my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A sign device comprising a supporting member, a U-shaped frame, a panel having its edges set into the frame, a removable hood disposed over the panel and having openings through which extend the side members of the frame, and a yreector arranged inthe hood and supported on the top edge of the panel and supporting the hood.

2. A sign device comprising a panel, a U- shaped frame in which the side and bottom edges. of the panel are disposed, a hood through which the side members of the frame extend upwardly, a supporting member to which the side'members of the frame are connected, and a V-shaped redector supported on top of the panel and having itsrefiecting portion disposed at the opposite sides of the plane of the panel.

hoodhav- 31 A sign device comprising a ing openings at its ends, a il-shaped reflector disposed Within and unconnected with the hood and having a rentrant pocket, a

' sign panel extending into the pocket, Whereby the panel supports the reflector in the hood, a frame for supporting the panel and having side members extending through the openings of the hood, and lamps mounted in the hood in coperative relation withl the reector.

4. A sign device comprising a-supportingy member, a U-shaped frame detachably connected with and suspended from the `member, a sign panel mounted o n the frame, a reflector detachably mounted on the panel, a hood disposed over the refiector and detach- -ably mounted on the frame, said hood having openings at its' ends through which the a sign panel mounted on the frame, a reflector having portions disposed at opposite sides of the plane of the panel and supported on the top .edge'of the latter, and lamps disposed in coperative relation with the reiiector.

6. A. sign device comprising a hood having heads at its ends, ribs on the inner surfaces of the heads and diverging upwardly in `l-shaped relation, a V-shaped reflector having its ends engaged under the ribs and provided at its bottom with an upwardly-extending rentrant pocket, a frame having side members extending upwardly through the hood, a panel mounted on the frame and supportingthe refiector, and lamps disposed under the hood and in coperative relation with the reflector.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

e CHARLES H. LUSH.

'Witnesses:

GEORGE DARENBERG, HARRY-KRAMER. 

